PSY 2012 EXAM 1 FSU QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Psychology Ans✓✓✓The scientific study of the mind, brain and
behavior
Mind Ans✓✓✓Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts,
beliefs, dreams)
Behavior Ans✓✓✓Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
Biological Psychology Ans✓✓✓Molecular, Neurochemical,
Neurological/physiological
Psychological Psychology Ans✓✓✓Behavioral, mental
Social Psychology Ans✓✓✓Social
Wilhelm Wundt Ans✓✓✓Before him, psychology was a philosophy;
Launched the first psychology lab, studied introspection and found the
building blocks of consciousness
Structuralism Ans✓✓✓Attempting to map the conscious mind
, Edward Titchener Ans✓✓✓Wundt's student; used introspection to map
consciousness
Problems of Structuralism Ans✓✓✓Introspection is unreliable and
subjective and people have consciousless thoughts
Functionalism Ans✓✓✓Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the
adaptive value of consciousness
William James Ans✓✓✓Man who dealt with functionalism
Freud Ans✓✓✓Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream
analysis
Psychoanalysis Ans✓✓✓Unconscious motivations, Freudian Slip,
Images in dreams are meaningful
Behaviorism Ans✓✓✓Only human behavior is observable; science is
rooted in observation; more objective
Watson and Skinner Ans✓✓✓Behaviorists
Cognitivism Ans✓✓✓Thinking is central to behavior (focused on the
importance of mental processes)
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Psychology Ans✓✓✓The scientific study of the mind, brain and
behavior
Mind Ans✓✓✓Mental processes (sensations, perceptions, thoughts,
beliefs, dreams)
Behavior Ans✓✓✓Any activity that is observed, recorded and measured
Biological Psychology Ans✓✓✓Molecular, Neurochemical,
Neurological/physiological
Psychological Psychology Ans✓✓✓Behavioral, mental
Social Psychology Ans✓✓✓Social
Wilhelm Wundt Ans✓✓✓Before him, psychology was a philosophy;
Launched the first psychology lab, studied introspection and found the
building blocks of consciousness
Structuralism Ans✓✓✓Attempting to map the conscious mind
, Edward Titchener Ans✓✓✓Wundt's student; used introspection to map
consciousness
Problems of Structuralism Ans✓✓✓Introspection is unreliable and
subjective and people have consciousless thoughts
Functionalism Ans✓✓✓Why as opposed to what?; Underscores the
adaptive value of consciousness
William James Ans✓✓✓Man who dealt with functionalism
Freud Ans✓✓✓Therapist; explored unconscious motivations; dream
analysis
Psychoanalysis Ans✓✓✓Unconscious motivations, Freudian Slip,
Images in dreams are meaningful
Behaviorism Ans✓✓✓Only human behavior is observable; science is
rooted in observation; more objective
Watson and Skinner Ans✓✓✓Behaviorists
Cognitivism Ans✓✓✓Thinking is central to behavior (focused on the
importance of mental processes)
